Sorcery (horse)

Sorcery
Sire	Sorcerer
Grandsire	Trumpator
Dam	Cobbea
Damsire	Skyscraper
Sex	Mare
Foaled	1808
Country	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Colour	Bay
Breeder	5th Duke of Rutland or Lord Rous
Owner	5th Duke of Rutland
Trainer	R D Boyce
Record	26: 12-8-3
Major wins
Oaks Stakes (1811) July three-year-old Stakes (1811) October Oatlands Stakes (1811) Match against Sprightly (1811) Oatlands Stakes (1812) Epsom Gold Cup (1812) Trial Stakes (1812) Match against Asmodeus (1813) King's Plate (Newmarket) (1814)

Sorcery (1808 – after 1832) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare who won the classic Oaks Stakes at Epsom Downs Racecourse in 1811. In a racing career which lasted from April 1811 to July 1814 the filly ran twenty-six times, winning twelve races and finishing placed on eleven occasions. Sorcery won the Oaks on her third racecourse appearance and went on to win other important races including the Epsom Gold Cup, the Trial Stakes, two editions of the Oatlands Stakes, a King's Plate and several match races. After her retirement from racing she became a successful broodmare, being the dam of the 1828 Epsom Derby winner Cadland.

Sorcery was a bay mare bred either by Lord Rous or by John Manners, 5th Duke of Rutland who owned her during her racing career. Her sire, Sorcerer, was bred by Sir Charles Bunbury and was a half-brother of the 1801 Derby winning mare Eleanor. Sorcerer was an unusually large black horse who won several important races and became a successful breeding stallion. His progeny included the Derby winner Smolensko, the 2000 Guineas winners Wizard and Trophonius, and the Oaks winners Maid of Orleans and Morel. Sorcerer was the Leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland in 1811, 1812 and 1813.

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